Terraweena
Dorper and White Dorper Studs Dispersal
Part One. Tender Process
Thank you to all those that submitted tenders in the
Part One of Terraweena's dispersal.
The first step of the dispersal proved very successful
with around 80 ewes being sold averaging slightly over $1700 and achieving two
new Australian Highest Priced Records (Ram and Ewe). 'Terraweena Loftus'
selling for $45,000 and 'Terraweena 8224' (Current National Champion Ewe)
selling for $7,000. Both purchased by a Brazilian buyer.
We would like to congratulate all successful tenderers
and offer our appreciation to all those whom tendered unsuccessfully.
Your support was greatly appreciated and the level of interest proved to be an
enormous endorsement of the demand for good quality sheep. Thank you.
With Part One completed we would now like to
announce the the Part Two Process and include the addition of a Part Three
Process in accordance with the feedback received by interested parties.
*Note, different
location to previously advertised.
Very special
thanks to Justin and Lorroi Kirby for allowing us to conduct this sale at their
facility... Thank you for your generosity!
This sale includes:
* 17 x 'Elite'
White Dorper Ewes
* 29 x 2007
White Dorper Ewes
*36
x 2009 Dorper Ewes
*38 x 2010
White Dorper Ewes
*4 x Elite
White Dorper Rams
*3 x 2010 Dorper
Rams
The sale will
be auctionsplus
interfaced and the catalogue (and individual photos and
classification results) will be available next week at www.terraweena.com,
or through Landmark
Part Three. Auction Process
Thank you to those interested parties who offered us
their valuable feedback by expressing a preference to purchase our 2011 drop
individually. In response to this we would like to announce our 'Grand
Finale' dispersal sale. To be conducted in September 2012. (Details to
follow)
*120 x 2011
Drop Ewes
*65 x 2011 Drop
Rams
We would like to thank everyone for their
understanding and support offered to us during this difficult dispersal
period. We have been overcome by the kind gestures and positive feedback
received since this process began.
We trust that this dispersal format offers an
opportunity for all interested parties to participate and secure any stock of
interest.
Thank you all for the good times we have enjoyed over
the years.
It is with great sadness that we announce the full dispersal of Terraweena Dorper and White Dorper Studs.
Changing personal circumstances and health concerns over recent years
have given us no alternative but to come to this decision. The only
comfort we are able to glean in submitting these animals to the market
place, is that other breeders will have the opportunity to develop these
wonderful genetics that we were so fortunate to acquire from our
friends in South Africa. We would like to acknowledge the input and
generosity of Kobus and Gert Lotter and Stephanus Malan who contributed
such fine genetics for us to access.
We also acquired bloodlines from Piet Cillier through our association
with the Amani Stud. Although this stud has also been dispersed within
Australia, some of the top genetics have been retained and bred on,
notably through Terraweena Loftus.
We, the Burnett-Smith family, have thoroughly enjoyed our affiliation
with the breed and value every relationship we have built with fellow
breeders and industry colleagues.
Although we will be leaving the industry as stud breeders ourselves, we
very much hope that we will be able to maintain friendships and contact
with both the breed and the breeders. The time Terraweena has spent in
the Dorper and White Dorper world has been one of the most pleasurable
and rewarding periods of our lives.
Rather than succumb to the sadness we feel in having to make this harsh
decision, we would prefer to concentrate to the considerable milestone
we have reached and the genuine reality that we are offering these
animals to the market place at a time when the quality of our animals is
at their peak.
Terraweena has secured the ‘Most Successful White Dorper Exhibitor’ at
the National Show three years in a row and is the current holder of the
prestigious title. However we feel that the Terraweena bloodline has
not yet made its biggest contribution to the Dorper and White Dorper
industry worldwide. Thanks to a highly successful embryo transplant
program in 2011, Terraweena has on the ground the finest drop of lambs
the stud has ever produced! This group of lambs is genetically intact
as not one of them have yet been sold.
It was our greatest dream to submit these outstanding animals to the
market place in an effort to lift the bar, yet again on what this
country has previously considered to be elite genetics.
As circumstances have unfolded, the task and honour of securing and
presenting these animals will be in the hands of the various successful
tenderers and/or purchasers at the auction sale should that be the
manner in which the dispersal evolves.
We wish all those who choose to tender for this legitimate ‘once in a
life time opportunity’ the best of luck in their bid. Please contact us
for any information throughout the tender process.
